Pamela Anderson chops 'Baywatch' hair into pixie cut

The book on blonde bombshells might need a new chapter after former "Baywatch" babe Pamela Anderson was photographed sporting a short pixie haircut this week.

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Pamela Anderson is spotted with her short hairdo on Oct. 30.

For a woman whose hair-bouncing, slow-motion romps down the beach were a "Baywatch" mainstay, short locks never seemed like a plausible look. Remember? The bouncing ... hair?

In Los Angeles this week, there was no red swimsuit in sight. (Matt Lauer had it on, after all.) Anderson was casually chic in a striped dress with a cream cardigan over it, and simple black ballet flats on her feet. Combined with her short platinum locks, it had us thinking more of Michelle Williams.

Anderson posted a cryptic tweet late Wednesday, alluding perhaps to her makeover.

"You know, you grow up and you change your look," Anderson said. "I feel different from how I did in my Playboydays. Now, I think I’m in charge of toning down my look or not. I feel like as I’m getting older, this is my version of toned down (gestures to hair and outfit). I like it."

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Whether they’re for getting into a character or just a new look, stars' extreme haircuts tend to make headlines. Check out some of the most stunningly transformative 'dos celebrities have sported over the years.

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Whether they're getting into a character or simply trying a new look, stars tend to make headlines when they opt for dramatic haircuts. Check out some of the most stunningly transformative 'dos celebrities have sported over the years.

"The Big Bang Theory" Kaley Cuoco arrives at the 71st annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Jan. 2014 with a long blonde mane. She showed off her new ‘do – a cute pixie cut—on Instagram, captioning the shot, "Thank you @clsymonds for bringing out my inner Peter Pan :) #byronbeverlyhills #justcutitoff." Hairstylist Christine Symonds styled Cuoco's shorter look, after the actress revealed a choppy bob haircut at the end of April.

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Actress Kristen Wiig had long waves at "The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty" premiere on Dec. 18, 2013, but revealed a chic bob at the premiere of "The Spoils of Babylon" in Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2014.

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Whether they're getting into a character or simply trying a new look, stars tend to make headlines when they opt for extreme haircuts. Check out some of the most stunningly transformative 'dos celebrities have sported over the years.

Former "Baywatch" actress Pamela Anderson's longer locks, left, are visible in Vienna, Austria, in March 2012. A pixie 'do was revealed in October 2013.

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The singer posted a photo of her new pixie cut on Instagram on Aug. 7, 2013, proving she can make anything look glamorous. She had just wrapped her Mrs. Carter Tour, during which she accidentally got her hair stuck in a fan during a performance.

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The gorgeous Oscar winner shaved off her golden locks in June 2012 for a role in the upcoming 2014 film "Mad Max: Fury Road."

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Fashion-forward Rihanna revealed her new cropped haircut at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 6, 2012. Her longtime hairstylist, Ursula Stephan, insists her latest look was a long time coming. "[Rihanna] was ready for her short hair again!" Stephan told Us Weekly.

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Forget sweet braids. Former “Hannah Montana” star Miley Cyrus showed off a gravity-defying hairstyle at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 6. She tweeted about the dramatic change: “Never felt more me in my whole life.”

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“Mad Men” star Elisabeth Moss ditched her dark hair for a short, blonde cut in August 2012. Not to worry: Her character, Peggy Olsen, will not have platinum locks in the show's upcoming season.

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Actress Anne Hathaway sported a short new ‘do at the New York premiere of “The Dark Knight Rises” in July 2012. The star swapped her long, wavy tresses for a cropped cut to shoot her part in the upcoming film version of “Les Miserables.”

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Drew Barrymore has gone through quite the hair evolution since she first came on the Hollywood scene as a little girl. In 2009, the actress arrived at a “Whip It” screening with an auburn tint to her naturally wavy locks. Two years later, she cut it all off into a blunt, blonde bob.

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Pop star Britney Spears was known for her long, often-times blonde tresses before she shaved them all off at Esther’s Haircutting Studio in Tarzana, Calif. The drastic cut came immediately after her very brief stint in rehab in February 2007. These days, she’s back to blonde.

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Radical hair transformations are nothing new for Demi Moore, who shaved it all off in 1997 for her role in “G.I. Jane.” But before that, she traded her long, dark locks for a stunning blonde bob, showing off her new look at the premiere of “Dances with Wolves” in November 1990.

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At the premiere of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” actress Emma Watson officially shed a bit of her Potter past with an edgy, slicked-back style.

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Actress Keri Russell shocked “Felicity” followers everywhere when she cut her curly, long hair in the fall of 1999, during the second season of the beloved television series. The show’s ratings didn’t recover quickly from the lost locks, but her hair certainly did.

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Lenny Kravitz has kept his hair on the shorter side for a while, but once had a head full of dreads that some fans were sad to see go. "My look is not calculated at all," the musician once told VH1. "It's just hair."

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Vidal Sassoon gave the waifish Mia Farrow this pixie cut at director Roman Polanski's request for her role in “Rosemary’s Baby” in 1967.

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Michelle Williams cut her loose locks in 2011. The star told British Elle that she “cut it for the one straight man who has ever liked short hair, and I wear it in memorial of somebody who really loved it.”

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Perhaps no one is more famous for looking pretty in a pixie cut than Hollywood icon Audrey Hepburn. The star is also known for going from long to short on camera, in classics like "Sabrina" and "Roman Holiday."

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Natalie Portman had to stay in character while her hair was buzzed off in a pivotal scene during the filming of "V for Vendetta." She didn't remain commando for long, growing it back slowly but surely in the months after.